30. IX. 1921

Comrade Gorbunov!

I issued (it seems, through Smolyantinov) a telegram to all provincial electro-technical departments** regarding the obligatory submission, with the delegates of the All-Russian Electro-technical Congress, of statistical information about all electric power stations in Russia.

Be sure to find a copy and, while the congress of electro-technicians is in session, verify its implementation with the utmost meticulousness and documentary rigor.

It is necessary to ensure compliance, for this matter has both enormous economic significance and political importance.

If necessary, circulate a questionnaire sheet among the congress delegates, not releasing those who have not filled it out.

Ensure compliance and proper information, and verify with extreme vigilance! 265

Lenin

* See the present volume, document 203. Ed.

** See ibid., document 210. Ed.

First published in 1933

in Lenin Collection XXIII

Printed from the manuscript